Tue Nov 08, 2005, 02:22pm
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Quote:
Originally posted by sm_bbcoach
Quote:
Originally posted by Kirby
With no books by my side here's my guess at what options A has 
(1) Decline the illegal kick and take the results of the play which is a safety (1 point). The ball will be free kicked from the K40.
(2) Accept the penalty half the distance to the goalline from the basic spot (not specified in the original post) and re-try.
(3) Accept the results of the play (1 point safety) and enforce the 15-yard illegal kicking penalty from the succeeding spot. A will free kick from the B45.
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Regular safety signal. I'd go to the sidelines and communicate with the pressbox to make sure they gave the defense 1 pt.
Option #3 is not available. The option to accept points and enforce the penalty from the succeeding spot is not available on a safety. It's only available when the
opponent of the scoring team commits a live ball foul on a play which results in a TD (8-2-2), successful field goal (8-4-3) or successful try (8-3-5). They do have Option #2 and it's easy to conceive of a scenario where they
would want to take the penalty, enforce half the distance, and go for two. But it wouldn't be 1/2 the distance from the spot of the illegal kick, necessarily. If the
fumble occurred in or behind the neutral zone, this is a loose ball play, and enforcement would be from the previous spot (the 3yd. line). If the fumble occurred beyond the neutral zone, enforcement is from the end of the run, i.e., the spot of the fumble. On defensive fouls the spot of the foul is never an enforcement spot. A safety is not a successful try since trys can only be 1 pt. by kick that would otherwise be a field goal if it occurred during a regular scrimmage down, or 2 pts.
for what would otherwise be a TD during a regular scrimmage down. 8-3-3. A safety is neither.
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why would the defense get the 1 point? wouldnt the offense get the point?
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